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Twitter Has Security MeltdownOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 2 hours 5 minutes ago (http://feeds.informationweek.com)
Category: security | Tags twitter, security, passwords, phishing, email,
"The microblogging site recommends users reset their passwords and verify their e-mail addresses because of a phishing campaign directed at its users and the hacking of its support software." read more »
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Google’s Street View Takes A Byte Out Of CrimeOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 2 hours 19 minutes ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags googles, street, view, takes, byte, crime,
Google Street View may get a bad rap from some overzealous privacy watchdogs and conspiracy theorists, but it just helped police save a young girl who had been kidnapped over the weekend.In the case, read more »
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Twitter hit with phishing scamOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 2 hours 43 minutes ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags twitter, phishing, scam, , , ,
"As has happened with virtually every other popular Web site over the past decade, it seems that Twitter is being used in a phishing scam." read more »
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There is No Money in Phishing (But It Still Won't Go Away)Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 2 hours 48 minutes ago (http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: internet | Tags money, phishing, twitter, scam, , ,
"Phishing, the highly illegal scam of tricking people into revealing their logins and passwords by creating fake emails, Twitter messages, and/or websites, does not actually make phishers a lot of m read more »
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Online crime maps go liveOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 day 7 hours ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags online, crime, maps, live, , ,
Scareyourself.comAll 43 police forces across England and Wales are now offering online crime maps showing offences broken down by area.… read more »
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Twitter phishing… inside TwitterOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 3 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: security | Tags twitter, phishing, hacker, , , ,
Adam O'Donnell discusses how hackers are using Twitter for phishing. read more »
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Researchers devise undetectable phishing attackOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 7 days ago (http://feeds.infoworld.com)
Category: security | Tags researchers, undetectable, phishing, attack, sony, playstations, ssl,
"With the help of about 200 Sony Playstations, an international team of security researchers have devised a way to undermine the algorithms used to protect secure Web sites and launch a nearly..." read more »
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Google Calendar phishing scam surfacesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 8 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags google, john leyden, the register, google calenar, phishing, scam, ,
John Leyden of The Register writes "Fraudsters are using Google's Calendar service as a means to develop a new strain of phishing scam. The ruse appears in the guise of a Google Calendar email noti read more »
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